Academics

This half-year (0.5 credit) course is designed to prepare students to live a physically active lifestyle and show the importance of regular physical activity. Students will participate in a variety of activities throughout the semester taken from each of the following areas: weight training and body dynamics, team building and group games, individual sports, team sports and fitness.

Students must have taken and passed PE 1 to register for PE 2.

This half-year (0.5 credit) PE 2 course will include individual fitness activities. The class will focus on a wellness lifestyle and incorporate aerobic, strengthening, endurance, and flexibility components regularly. Personal fitness portfolios will be created for each student. The activities will include walking, strength training, aerobic exercise, yoga, Pilates, and other fitness-based activities. Fitness Testing will be an important part of the curriculum to assess methods to improve health-related components of fitness.

In this half-year (0.5 credit) course, students will use a digital point-and-shoot camera, or cell phone camera, to create projects that explore the basic elements and principles of design. Using the camera as a tool, students will learn basic photo-taking techniques, creatively solve design problems, and explore ways to enhance their images. The students will expand their knowledge of art and design while practicing basic photo-taking skills. Students may bring their cameras from home, but will also have the option to borrow one in class if needed.

NOTE: Students who select this course will not be eligible to register for Introduction to Art: Graphic Design or Intro to Art: Studio Emphasis.

NOTE: This course fulfills the 0.5 arts graduation requirement. If you would like this course to fulfill your digital literacy requirement instead, please contact your school counselor.

This half-year (0.5 credit) course combines computer skills needed for students to become Future Ready. Computer Applications is an introductory course that will serve as the first step in the successful application of practical technology.

Units of instruction will include word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet software, including the use of basic formulas, personal finance, public speaking, current events, and file organization. Students will use a website to create their digital portfolio to showcase their progress and to use it as a digital resume in the future.

This course fulfills the 0.5 credit technology graduation requirement

This half-year (0.5 credit) course provides an in-depth introduction to the tools, topics, theories, and individual decisions that make economics part of everyone’s daily lives. By the semester’s end, students should be familiar with economic terminology, understand certain models and their implications, and have developed analytical and quantitative skills (including the use of graphs) to explain, evaluate, and predict economic events. This one-semester course will cover the 20 National Standards and the 6 NH State Standards for Economic Education. Those standards include benchmarks related to scarcity, opportunity cost, international trade, microeconomics, macroeconomics, and personal finance concepts. Students will learn the art of the economic way of thinking (compare the benefits with costs) and apply this skill to solving problems and making decisions.

PREREQUISITE: Student has earned at least 1/2 credit of Social Studies.

NOTE: This course fulfills the 0.5 credit economics graduation requirement.

This course is designed to help students prepare for their freshman year at Pinkerton Academy. Each class would be limited to 25 students and would be team-taught by two current Pinkerton Academy staff. Incoming students will be assessed on their basic math and English skills to develop targeted work for the summer. English will focus on active reading and informative/argumentative writing basics. Math will focus on Pre-Algebra and the skills needed to succeed in Algebra 1. Students will also work to develop critical skills such as:

• Time management and planning
• Study skills and work habits
• Effective use of technology.  

Current Pinkerton Academy student leaders will also run various activities with the students throughout the summer.  The activities will involve collaboration and team building. They will also give the students an idea of some of the clubs, organizations, and activities available at Pinkerton. These activities will take place across campus so students can acclimate themselves to campus and get to know some of our faculty and support staff.